8. Things I did and symptoms I had


 


Things I did and ate

  • Fertility yoga on youtube

  • Pomegranate juice (1 cup a day) 

  • Pineapple core (1 pineapple cut into 5 pieces- 1 a day) 

  • Less meat more beans and legumes

  • Warm temp or room temp drinks including smoothies to help with blood flow 

  • Lots of fruit including tropical fruits and berries 

  • Lots of water/ herbal teas

  • Distracted myself with mini projects 

  • No caffeine at all


After FET symptoms on progesterone suppository. 

Transfer day- extreme fatigue and bad anxiety. Progesterone side affects. Bloated 

Day 1-extreme fatigue really cranky/irritable/ basically a angry cow. Bloated feel a sac moving inside when I wiggle sitting down. 

Day 2-extreme fatigue, irritable, pain upper inner breasts. 

Day 3-pain in inner upper breasts really cranky and easily annoyed. Bloated stomach weird dream last night. Slight cramp in lower right abdomen. 

Day 4-cramping/ pulling on right side lower abs tired. Peeing more 

Day 5-middle and lower back pain feels different to period pain. Higher. Tired dizzy moody. Blood clot in nose/ nose bleeds peeing more. Tight vagina swollen. Very hungry. 

Day 6- waking up to pee at night, cold and flu symptoms. Swollen vagina. Very hungry, peeing a lot. 

Day 8- super hungry, stretching pinching. sensation in same spot. Pale skin (needed extra cortisol) I think implantation happened on my right (day 3) POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST. Dizzy when standing low blood pressure. Runny nose. Feel like I have a sac floating around in there. Smell aversion to cooking meat. Tiny twinge on pain in left upper breast and nothing the rest of the time. 

Day 9- extreme hunger in the morning. Slight cramping in belly and tension in back. Morning sickness at night (7-9pm) like all my other pregnancies. Upper breast twinge right. 

Day 10- period is due. Cervix low and soft.  Vagina walls extremely swollen.

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